Yext · Authentication Profile

Yext Authentication

Authentication

Yext secures its APIs with apiKey and http across 4 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

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Methods: apiKey, http Schemes: 4 OAuth flows: API key in: header, query

Security Schemes

api_key apiKey
· in: query (api_key)
api-key apiKey
· in: header (api-key)
api-key http
scheme: KEY
jwt http
scheme: Bearer

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/yext-admin-api-openapi.yml, openapi/yext-answers-api-openapi.yml, openapi/yext-chat-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/yext-events-api-openapi.yml, openapi/yext-knowledge-api-openapi.yml, openapi/yext-live-api-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - http
  api_key_in:
  - header
  - query
schemes:
- name: api_key
  type: apiKey
  in: query
  parameter: api_key
  sources:
  - openapi/yext-admin-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/yext-answers-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/yext-chat-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/yext-knowledge-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/yext-live-api-openapi.yml
- name: api-key
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: api-key
  sources:
  - openapi/yext-admin-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/yext-answers-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/yext-chat-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/yext-knowledge-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/yext-live-api-openapi.yml
- name: api-key
  type: http
  scheme: KEY
  bearerFormat: api-key
  sources:
  - openapi/yext-events-api-openapi.yml
- name: jwt
  type: http
  scheme: Bearer
  bearerFormat: JWT
  sources:
  - openapi/yext-events-api-openapi.yml

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